Blog Archive
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Clients! How to Give Better Critiques
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsBefore you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.... -
![I am the third generation ringer, fifth octave, always last to arrive. Presently F & G [effin’ g, man, effin’ g…] and the sharp when things are frisky. I am...](http://kalliemarkle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thumbnail-115x115.jpg "Mart. Lift.")
Mart. Lift.
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No CommentsI am the third generation ringer, fifth octave, always last to arrive. Presently F & G [effin’ g, man, effin’ g…] and the sharp when things are frisky. I am... -
Ten Tips For Writing Ad Copy
Posted on November 15, 2012 | No CommentsChances are you didn’t become a Writer (capital W!!) to spend your days sweating over the least icky way to explain a dermatologist’s mole-removal services, but that dermatologist, or that... -
Apples, Apples, and Gratitude
Posted on November 15, 2012 | No CommentsAt the end of my 3rd grade school year, my teacher presented me, in front of the class, with a purple t-shirt that read ‘I Survived Mrs. Willis’. She had... -
Regretfully: everything.
Posted on November 7, 2012 | 1 CommentYou’ve heard it: “I don’t have any regrets because the things I’ve done have led me to this point.” “I regret nothing.” “I don’t like to live with regret or... -
How To Write A Reference Letter That Will Ensure You Front Row Parking For The Rest Of Your Life
Posted on August 10, 2012 | No Comments(This could easily be titled “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, but that one is already taken.) If your colleague, friend, or family member has asked you to write... -
But It’s A Dry Heat
Posted on July 11, 2012 | No CommentsThe time has come again for this town to be cleaned out. All fall and winter we drink and soak, outrunning the parch of cold wind the suction of fake... -
Theovert
Posted on June 19, 2012 | 2 CommentsI find him in the living room, a ripple of toys spreading from him. He’s focused on a school bus with movable eyes. “Hi buddy,” I say. He looks up... -
Genetics
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsThe girl’s eyes, with their sweeping landscapes of lids, are the father’s and father’s father’s and that father’s mother’s. Her chin is the mother’s brother’s, and mother’s father’s family’s in... -
The Gall of it All
Posted on May 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsIt was recently determined that I have gallstones, which aids in my quest to become Your Grandpa. Gallstones aren’t dramatic like kidney stones- you can’t pass them out of your...